Challenges remain for Narendra Modi despite securing third term as India’s prime minister
Both in its foreign policy and security challenges, India under Modi 3.0 continues to face ongoing challenges.
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Family of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi has not had contact for more than 3 years: report
The family of Myanmar’s ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had no contact with the Nobel Peace Prize winner since her imprisonment around three years ago, according to a press report on Sunday.
Mongolia opposition candidate beaten to death during election campaign
A Mongolian opposition candidate was beaten to death, authorities said on Sunday, ahead of parliamentary elections expected this month.
New Caledonia reopening its international airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb
PARIS (AP) — The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where pro-independence Indigenous Kanaks want to break from France.
Modi government should focus on serving the people, pure and simple
I reflected on his words. True, Modi has been the face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in recent years. His photo was everywhere, at functions and junctions, even on the bags of food grains distributed for free to the poor. So every packet of wheat, every vaccine, every tablet of medicine seemed to have come from the big-heartedness of the leader.
Can Modi’s third term bring India and Asean closer together?
On the economic front, trade and investment links with Southeast Asian nations have received a major boost, with annual bilateral trade surging from around US$80 billion in 2014 to more than US$110 billion by 2021-22. However, the existing trade accord with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – the Asean-India Free Trade Area – is seen as heavily favouring the Asean side, frustrating India.
G7 leaders put on good show of unity, but look fragile at home
Group took strong lines on confronting Russia and China, but is its relevance in today’s world on the wane?